Testimony of Joseph Taub, born in Berbesti, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Berbesti Ghetto, Sighet, Auschwitz, Kittlitztreben, on a death march and in Buchenwald

Testimony of Joseph Taub, born in Berbesti, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Berbesti Ghetto, Sighet, Auschwitz, Kittlitztreben, on a death march and in Buchenwald Life before the war. Re-annexation to Hungary; deportation of Jews to Galicia; murder of Jews by Hungarian gendarmes; deportation of Jews to labor battalions; deportation to the Berbesti Ghetto; ghetto life including relations with the Romanian population; maintaining religious observance; transfer to Sighet on foot; life in Sighet including transfer to a synagogue; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including murder of his parents and sisters; transfer to Kittlitztreben; camp life including marches to his labor site; death march to Buchenwald; camp life; liberation by the US Army. Move to Bratislava; move to Prague; move to Budapest; life in Budapest including help from the Red Cross; reunion with his brother; move to Austria; move to Italy via the Alps; life in Italy including joining Hapoel Hamizrachi aliya training; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Yerushalaim Hanetzura"; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel, 1949; enlists in the IDF.